Announcements

On Thursday, November 17, the American Bar Association's Antitrust Section will offer a full-day seminar on Antitrust Developments. The day begins at 8:15 a.m. and ends at 5:15 p.m. at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW in Washington, DC. The forum will feature keynote addresses from the leadership of both the U.S. Department of Justice and the...

The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel has planned a VIP Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Day: Small Business Counseling Clinic. The event is on Tuesday, October 25, at the offices of Morgan Lewis and Bockius, LLP. It will begin at 4:00 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m.
The evening is a pro bono effort to assist micro-entrepreneurs in the...

On Tuesday, October 25, ALI-ABA will offer a live webcast, e-discovery in Transition: New Trends and FRCP Amendments on the Horizon.
It will run from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EDT.
This webcast, which is part of an ongoing quarterly ALI-ABA webcast series, will provide a practical analysis on the latest key ESI case decisions. The focus of this program...

On Thursday and Friday, October 27 and 28, the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) presents a two-day Advanced Corporate Counsel Forum 2011.
The seminar is at French Lick Springs Resort and Casino, 8670 W. State Road 56 in French Lick, Indiana.
The agenda is day one, 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., and day two, 8:00 until 11:45 a.m....

On Wednesday, November 2, Jones Day is offering a speaker series titled Out Front on IP Issues: Dealing with Patent Trolls and a Look at Patent Disputes in China.
The event begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of Jones Day, 500 Grant Street in Pittsburgh.
Companies marketing their inventions frequently have to deal with...

Copyright Issues on the Internet is the topic of an upcoming brown bag luncheon sponsored by the Bar Association of San Francisco on Thursday, November 3.
It will run from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the BASF Conference Center, 301 Battery Street in San Francisco.
Speakers Fred von Lohmann, senior copyright counsel, Google Inc.; Jay Monahan, deputy...

The Los Angeles County Bar Association is holding its 44th Annual Securities Regulation Seminar on Friday, October 28.
It will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 506 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles.
The seminar brings top Washington and regional SEC officials together with representatives of other regulatory agencies...

On Wednesday, October 12, The University of Texas School of Law will offer the Fundamentals of Insurance in Houston. The course will be repeated on Wednesday, November 2, in Austin.
The course will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 5:05 p.m. at the Hotel ZaZa in Houston and at the AT&T Conference Center - Hotel at UT in Austin.
Among the topics...

In September, Jon Streeter was sworn in as the 87th president of The State Bar of California with a pledge to fight for court funding, "the most consequential issue of our time."
"I cannot overstate the gravity of this issue," Streeter said in his inaugural speech following his swearing-in by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye at the State Bar's Annual...

On Thursday and Friday, October 20 and 21, the State Bar of Texas will offer its annual Entertainment Law Institute.
It will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and from 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 208 Barton Springs Road in Austin.
Among the topics under discussion are ethics - professional liability insurance...

The Canadian Bar Association will host Professional Corporations Update: Tips and Traps on Wednesday, October 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
It is located at the Conference Centre at the OBA, 20 Toronto Street in Toronto.
Participants will review the fundamental framework for professional corporations. This seminar is for both new and seasoned...

On Wednesday, October 19, ALI-ABA will present California's Revised Rules of Professional Conduct: Traps for the Unwary, to help practitioners become familiar with revisions to the rules.
The live webcast will run from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. EDT.
A special commission in California has reexamined that state's Rules of Professional Conduct and proposed...

On Wednesday, October 19, West LegalEdcenter will hold a live conference titled The China Deal 2012 -The Definitive Conference on Inbound and Outbound China Transactions.
It will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at The City Club of San Francisco, 155 Sansome Street in San Francisco.
China's role in the global economy has entered a new era: sweeping...

On Friday, October 28, Georgetown Law School will host a UNIDRIOT Symposium. The event begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m. at Georgetown Law Gewirz Student Center located at 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW in Washington, DC.
UNIDROIT (International Institute for the Unification of Private Law) principles of international commercial contracts, first...

On Tuesday, November 8, West LegalEdcenter will bring together a faculty of the country's foremost patent attorneys and in-house counsel to present Patent Disputes 2011.
The live event will be held at the Network Meeting Center at Techmart, 5201 Great American Parkway in Santa Clara from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The panelists will cover perspectives...

Join Georgetown Law for a timely program - E-Discovery Practice Support: Learning the Skills to Move Ahead. It is being held on Friday, November, 4, at the Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave, NW in Washington, DC.
The event begins at 8:45 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m.
At this program, participants will be given pertinent information...

On Tuesday, November 15, the District of Columbia Bar presents the annual Leventhal Lecture at the United States Court of Appeals, Harold T. Markey National Courts Building at 717 Madison Place, NW in Washington, DC. The lecture begins at noon end ends at 2:00 p.m.
Judge Thomas B. Griffith will deliver the lecture titled Congress in the DC Circuit. The...

Join Jones Day as they present their executive series roundtable - National Security and Export Control Reform, Take two. Or Three. Or Four? on Thursday, October 20, at the offices of Jones Day, 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW in Washington, DC.
It will run from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and a cocktail reception will follow.
In 2009, President Obama announced his...

On Tuesday, November 15, the Bar Association of San Francisco will offer the Complex Courts Symposium 2011.
It will run from 3:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the Administrative Office of the Courts, 455 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco.
The program begins with a report on the state of the complex courts with Hon. Steven A. Brick of the Alameda County...

On Tuesday, October 18, West LegalEdcenter will offer An Overview of Recent Trends in Canadian Mergers and Acquisitions as a live webcast.
Designed for those practicing in business organizations, cross-border mergers & acquisitions, international law and global trade, and mergers and acquisition, it will run for one hour, beginning at 1:00 p.m. EDT...

On September 27, 2011, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) hosted a red carpet gala to honor individuals, corporate legal departments and law firms that are committed to diversity and inclusion.
MCCA’s mission is to advance the hiring, retention and promotion of diverse attorneys in legal departments and law firms. Since...

On Thursday and Friday, November 17 and 18, Georgetown University School of Law offers Advanced E-Discovery Institute - Making the Case: Developing Legally Defensible E-Discovery Best Practices.
The Institute is located at the Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, 1250 South Hayes Street in Arlington, Virginia. It begins at 8:15 a.m. on day one and ends at 5:30...

On October 4, the New York County Lawyers’ Association (NYCLA) Civil Rights and Liberties Committee hosted a reception at the NYCLA Home of Law for Columbian attorney Adil José Melendez Marquez, Esq. Mr. Melendez Marquez is a human rights and labor lawyer who has represented farmers and laborers in the rural areas of Colombia. Pictured is...

The American Bar Association Section for International Law is offering a two-day seminar on Thursday and Friday, October 27 and 28, focusing on the latest updates to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The event is located in the Fairmont Hotel at 2401 M. Street, NW in Washington, DC.
Day one begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m.; day two begins at 9...

On Thursday, October 13, the Los Angeles County Bar will present its annual Healthcare Law Compliance Symposium.
It will run from 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Marriott Los Angeles, 333 S. Figueroa Street in Los Angeles.
Virtually every aspect of the healthcare industry is subject to a complex web of federal and state laws, rules and regulations,...